2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/install/NEWS b/perl-install/install/NEWS
index 3a055ebb3..d7288fb08 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/NEWS
+++ b/perl-install/install/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+- fix displaying urpmi fatal errors (mga#5725)
+
 Version 14.18 - 2 May 2012
 
 - add missing libfuse.so.2 for mount.ntfs-3g (#5685)
diff --git a/perl-install/install/pkgs.pm b/perl-install/install/pkgs.pm
index c4c1a7edc..e8f1e264e 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/pkgs.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install/pkgs.pm
@@ -372,7 +372,11 @@ sub empty_packages {
     urpm::args::set_debug($packages) if $::o->{debug_urpmi};
     $packages->{log} = \&log::l;
     $packages->{info} = \&log::l;
-    $packages->{fatal} = $packages->{error} = sub {
+    $packages->{fatal} = sub {
+        log::l("urpmi error: $_[0]");
+        $::o->ask_warn(undef, N("A fatal error occurred: %s.", "$_[1] ($_[0])"));
+    };
+    $packages->{error} = sub {
         log::l("urpmi error: $_[0]");
         $::o->ask_warn(undef, N("An error occurred:") . "\n\n" . $_[0]);
     };